Thomas33399

Thanks vey much for your suggestion. I have sent a request for a quote from the Swatch Group Trading place in Bangkok, who appear to be the Omega representative,  but I strongly suspect they will want a small fortune. 

Thailand takes patience. Often it is best just to keep an eye out when you go to shopping centres. There is a guy in Phitsanulok here who I have seen repairing many watches and seems competent, but when I asked him he went into some sort of manic incoherent raving.

I shall let you know how I go

1 hour ago, RichCor said:

1. You didn't say where you are
2. You didn't mention the make/model of the watch
3. While you might be able to find a qualified local jeweler to service the movement, people with high-end watches tend to contact the watch maker directly to make arrangements to ship the watch to a 'local' service center).

 

1. It does not really matter where I am as I am nowhere near anywhere that might do it. It would probably be in Bkk. 

2. I have 2 different brand watches, Omega and Orient, although they are not top of the range.
3. The watch manufacturers require you to send them to their factory, i.e. usually Switzerland or Japan where they charge more than what the watch is worth. A good watch maker can do an excellent job, as I had done in Australia.

I thought that surely there must be somewhere local that can do it, especially as some politicians and other Thai people appear to like them.

Thanks for the advice

Hi all,

Automatic watches, that self wind from the movement of a person's wrist, need servicing by qualified watch makers / repairers. Does anyone know of a place that can do this in Thailand? Bad servicing can obviously damage the watch so it is important to find an experienced technician.

Many thanks.

16 hours ago, darksidedog said:

 

 

Key word here folks being the word "if"

It changes many things.

If, after all, my auntie had a pair of balls, she would be my uncle.

I suspect Thailand will not be first past the post with this, so have to question why the "updates" on its progress, they themselves admit will be next year at least, keep cropping up several times a week.

You might try reading the article instead of drawing inane analogies

The pollution increses the risk of picking up respiratory viruses. This is a great example of the General's creative attitude.

43 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said:

Case 3: A 50 year old Myanmar woman was using a curry and rice stall in Patong, Phuket as a front to sell Krathom leaf and Krathom tea, a restricted Class 5 drug. She was also found in possession of cough syrup (that is mixed with Krathom tea to heighten its effect).

 

 

    What a criminal she is. Did i miss something, where are the foreigners I thought I'd read about? 

 

     Thailand is getting better by the hour. I wanna open a chicken BBQ with my wife and help her. Will I get a work permit for it?

 

 

 

  

I have been approached by police for helping my girlfriend set up a market stall

There are some really heavy busts here!

A 50 year old Myanmar lady posing undercover as a food vendor to sell Krathom leaf, a plant which has been part of Thai culture for hundreds of years. I guess she had a mutli million dollar motor vessel in Phuket and drove there every day in her Lamborghini!

I am glad they got her

Heineken is the best of what is a pretty ordinary selection here and they are all overpriced by Thai standards of income. The only good news recently has been Snowy and Kopper in 7-11 which, although far from perfect, are quite reasonable.

I have found it very unwise to over pay and have advised friends what they should pay for services near me. Paying extra just sets us up as easy farang sources of funds.This creates a nasty situation where we as farang are segregated and I believe they have less respect for us. The people being paid are absolutely no more happy if they are paid extra.
Many Thais I have met in the country refuse to be paid extra for a service and have even refused a tip.
If you can, you should have a Thai person you know and can trust to inform you of local rates which vary greatly around the country.

So now every police station must have a female to assist in sexual offence cases according to these "experts". These equality victimologists will be wanting every form of gender bender to be available as well soon, just in case one of them should happen to attend a police station anywhere within the country. Thin end of the wedge.
Sounds like a great idea but completely impractical and a great example of how these human rights activists expect the rest of society to cater for every little partition of the law to provide for themselves at every other member of society's expense. It is time these people were told to get on with life, in every country.

I wonder if you can still take you own alcohol to a restaurant etc. Most restaurants around here will not sell alcohol under the restrictions but they will allow you to bring your own and they will serve it for you.

Good on ya Trumpy. He just has to say one sensible sentence and all the worms come out of the woodwork. He is an achiever Probably the greatest President the USA has ever had!!

It is wonderful to see this. Any reduction in these dangerous strays, most of which originate from irresponsible owners, is a great and very overdue event. The Vietnamese and Koreans should be allowed to come here and take them away for the dinner plates of those who enjoy them.

Animal lovers? Who cares! 

1 hour ago, csabo said:

There is a balcony nearby with your name on it.  The biggest cop-out of all is 

"every thing that happens in your life is meant to happen , sort of your destiny type of thing " 

Loosers who don't plan and take care of business often say this to console themselves. 

Women especially love that "we broke up but everything has a reason". Yeah the reason was you were a selfish <deleted> and you will die alone unless you change. 

You have all these regrets and the whole story started sitting in a bar with bunch of the same guys. All wallowing in your own misery but masking it as a night out with the boys. Then one of you will die but by the weekend it will be business as usual. Remember no matter where you go there you are. Drinking won't change that. 

Drinking is certainly a trap. It is my biggest regret, but not one that I had the tools to deal with so no point in demonising it or myself. It provided many short term laughs which really do not amount to much in the long term. I would not say that drinking only consists of wallowing in misery but all the same it is a fool's paradise. Sticking to the truth is what provides real rewards and drinking is very often a way of avoiding that.

I do not agree with many of the posts on here about this being a depressing topic, we should be able to handle our past mistakes without fear or over indulgence. It is a good topic.

I hope they are not on top of everything, otherwise kapowie! an explosion in their nether regions bigger than a 24 chilly som tum induced trip to the hong nam.

These sim cards will also be capable of tracking whether you drink beer on an election or other voting day such as last Sunday when it was illegal to drink beer or other alcohol even in your own home. This country really has lost the plot. They have decided that the government, if one can call it that as it is really a military dictatorship, can overrule people's rights with impunity.

This guy is a typical Thai driver who will use the loopholes in the law to avoid any responsibility for manslaughter. I am not sure if anyone has noticed that he also tried to drive over the body and motorcycle in an attempt to get away.

He willfully operated his vehicle in a manner to cause the death of the young motorcyclist, he then tried to avoid capture by driving off and to cap it all off he then knowingly lied about what happened. This typical Thai mentality of no remorse and who cares about what I did is something I have experienced and is very very common here.

Thai people have no regard whatsoever for the lives of others, especially on the road.

He should be more than ashamed.

I am a Doctor and this is totally inexcusable! Child Pornography in any context is just not a tolerable thing.

Disrespect upon our peers.

Sorry but Doctors are absolutely no different to any other cross section of the population. Different degree, different job. There are worse Doctors around such as those who have killed many many patients iin involuntary euthanasia.

It is a great pity for the world and those suffering from these debilitating and terminal brain diseases that this man could not have conquered his own demons and continued his brilliant work. Stiil Big Pharma will be happy he has been locked away......Hmmm...........I wonder?

What has this got to do with peers? More likely an offence to your ego.